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renzo156

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Explain how Copernicus would account for the retrograde loops of superior planets.
 
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Question 2

A lunar eclipse can only happen during a
 
  A) new Moon.
  B) equinox.
  C) full Moon.
  D) perigee.
  E) aphelion.


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Reply #1 on: Jul 27, 2018
Answer to Question 1

The Earth moves faster than these outer worlds, so at opposition we overtake them and as we sweep past them, they appear to retreat westward for a few weeks.

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Reply #2 on: Jul 27, 2018
Both answers were spot on, thank you once again


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Reply #3 on: Jul 27, 2018
Great! Please up vote :D


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